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Synonyms & Antonyms of mischievous
- the children had been so mischievous that we had to pay the babysitter extra and then clean up the mess
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- punished for their mischievous tricks on the neighbors
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- defiant,
- disrespectful,
- ill-mannered,
- ill-natured,
- impolite,
- improper,
- impudent,
- indecorous,
- insolent,
- rude,
- uncouth,
- unmannerly
- disobedient,
- headstrong,
- intractable,
- obstreperous,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- transgressing,
- unruly,
- untoward,
- willful
- (or wilful)
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- mischievous gossip that ruined a good teacher's reputation
Synonyms for mischievous
- adverse,
- bad,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- damaging,
- dangerous,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- evil,
- harmful,
- hurtful,
- ill,
- injurious,
- nocuous,
- noxious,
- pernicious,
- prejudicial,
- wicked
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“Mischievous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mischievous. Accessed 29 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of mischievous was in the 14th century
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